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We Are Jamaicans: Jamaican transgender women speak-out

Two transgender women in Jamaica have added their voices to the We Are Jamaicans campaign to encourage respect and understanding for LGBT people and increase their visibility in the Caribbean nation. 'I am not a threat to society,' says Whitney in her video. 'I don't want to spend most of my life hiding who I am from the world. I want you to see how beautiful I am. I want you to see how human I am.'

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